Pearl of Africa Logo Competition

To further develop Uganda’s brand as “The Pearl of Africa”, the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities in conjunction with key partners in the public and private sector has embarked upon a process of identifying a suitable logo to represent the “Pearl of Africa” brand.

A good logo is one that is versatile and can be used across various media (print, internet, merchandising & others and in many sizes from full scale banners perhaps 2 sq. meters or larger down to very small thumb-nails of 10 sq mm or smaller. Consideration should also be given to the tagline, or strap-line “The Pearl of Africa” as a key component of the final logo.

Other things to consider:

The logo should be applicable in both color and no color.

The Script/Font choice should be creative and the word Uganda given equal weighting (size, height, font style etc)

The design should be original, innovative, exciting, and fresh.

The logo should be clearly identifiable - unlike any others.

Criteria for Entry

Participation is open to people of all ages and firms from all countries across the world. Everyone is eligible to participate in designing the Pearl of Africa Logo.

Entry is free of charge.

Only one (1) entry will be accepted from each individual entrant or firm.

The submission must be formatted as follows;

(a) Cover Page

The cover page of the submission must be included and must be clearly marked with the name, physical address, telephone number(s)and email contacts of the entrant. Nationality and Age must NOT be indicated ANYWHERE on the submission.

(b) Format

All designs should be on one A4 page art paper and should be submitted either in hard copy or electronically scanned.

Electronic submissions should be either in jpeg (Maximum 500dpi) or pdf scans of high quality resolution (100pixels or more).

Hard Copy submissions should be on quality paper of at least 250gms

All entries must include a brief comment (PDF for electronic submissions, clearly hand written or type set for hard copy submissions) describing the design features of the logo

Electronic submissions should be sent to utb@tourismuganda.info, pearlofafricalogo@tourism.go.ug

Entries will be received from 20th January 2014 to 21st February 2014 from 8:00am to 5:00pm for hard copy submissions and 8:00am to 12:00am (midnight) of 21st February for electronic submissions, Ugandan or East African Standard Time. No submissions will be accepted after the deadline.

The judges will only consider submissions officially received and acknowledged. The committee will not be liable for lost mail or bounced electronic submissions.

All Logos submitted should be ORIGINAL and MUST NOT have been submitted for any other competition or to any other organisation.

Members of staff and family members of Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, affiliated institutions, members of the panel of judges and the organizing committee are INELIGIBLE to compete.

Solicitation of any kind of the panel of judges or other individuals involved in the competition will lead to automatic disqualification.